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I was a little disappointed that I didn't manage to publish
6 books this birthday year but I did manage to paddle the
6000kms, publish 3 books with 2 other books close to being
published so considering all the other things that happened,
the year didn't finish up too bad. I also managed to pick
up the Olegas Trehanas Award, take part in several races,
cut the lawn 10 times, weed the garden, chop and prune several
trees and even go out for a few Sunday lunches. So life was
good.
Sunday was the end of a perfect year, well apart from a
severe drop in sales, my web site being hacked and having
to move the shop. It didn't really matter though as when I
arrived at Ascot Kayak Club at 9.00am I only had 10kms to
paddle to reach my 6000km mark. I saved the 10kms especially
for my birthday.
Paddlers gather to paddle the last 10kms
It was good to see a few paddlers who were going to paddle
those last kilometres with me and I appreciated them taking
the time to be there. It's not everyday I paddle that far
in a year, although thinking about it I have done it a few
times before, but this was special I was 61 and supposingly
over the hill.
We all took off heading upstream towards Barkers Bridge.
A few paddlers thought they might not keep up (Alaine) but
it wasn't a race so everybody did. After paddling nearly 6000kms
I was feeling refreshed and not a bit tired. It was really
great to be paddling at a social pace and talking to other
paddlers who were interested in my achievement.
6000kms - The last paddle strokes
It was a very enjoyable paddle but when I had finished it
felt as if I was losing my claim to the river which I had
paddled on for five hours virtually every day in the last
6 weeks.
Many thanks to Alaine, Lawrence, Christopher, Matthew &
Nicholas Greed, Murray Corp, Ron Mckenzie, Aaron Jenkins &
Ron, Simon Haywood, Graham, Sharon & Steve Patrick Irwin,
Warren Southwell, Alan Moreby and the great Steve Coffey for
coming along and supporting me.
It's all over - Should I try for 6100kms on
my 61st year!!!!
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We're settling into our new shop, but it is
a lot smaller than the other, so are having difficulty fitting
all the boats and trailers into the space we have.
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New Avon Descenters - don't
forget Monday Night Information Night
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Congratulations
to Rachel & Jason Wallington on the safe arrival of their
beautiful daughter, Caitlin
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